- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Łódź, Poland
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi]; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep End (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown as well as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2…
Filmography
movieGood Boy
2026 · Producer
tvA Decent Man
2025 · Professor Jerzy
movieThe Palace
2023 · Writer, Executive Producer
tvStill Here
2023 · Stanisław Czułkowski
movieEO
2022 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Silent Twins
2022 · Thanks
movieIt's Not Us
2020 · Director
tvAt Home - Poland
2020 · Director
movieA Man in Love
2019 · Editorial Staff
movieThe Stolen Caravaggio
2018 · Jerzy Kunze
movieJulius
2018 · Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
movie11 Minutes
2015 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieIda
2013 · Thanks
movieIxjana
2012 · Co-Producer
movieThe Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012 · John III Sobieski
movieThe Avengers
2012 · Georgi Luchkov
movie'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
2011 · Self
movieStarting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
2011 · Self
movieEssential Killing
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieKomeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
2010 · Self
tvNaznaczony
2009 · Wojciech Radler
movieFour Nights with Anna
2008 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieEastern Promises
2007 · Stepan
tvLe Cercle
2005 · Self
Parola (su una data)
tvParola (su una data)
2003
movieBefore Night Falls
2000 · Professor
movieOperacja Samum
1999 · Hayes
movieL.A. Without a Map
1999 · Minister
movieMars Attacks!
1996 · Dr. Zeigler
The Hollow Men
movieThe Hollow Men
1993 · Producer
movie30 Door Key
1991 · dyrektor szkoły, Director, Producer, Screenplay
Skolimowski à la table
movieSkolimowski à la table
1990
movieTorrents of Spring
1989 · Wiktor Wiktorowicz, Director, Screenplay
movieBig Shots
1987 · Doc
movieThe Lightship
1985 · Director
movieWhite Nights
1985 · Colonel Chaiko
movieMesmerized
1985 · Writer
movieHands Up!
1985 · Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage), Director, Screenplay
movieSuccess Is the Best Revenge
1984 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
movieMoonlighting
1982 · Boss (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieCircle of Deceit
1981 · Hoffmann
movieThe Shout
1978 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Slip-Up
1972 · Auto Shop Owner, Screenplay
movieKing, Queen, Knave
1972 · , Director
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieDeep End
1971 · Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieThe Adventures of Gerard
1970 · Screenplay, Director
tvAltın Koza
1969 · Self - Winner
movieDialogue 20-40-60
1968 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Twenty-Year-Olds
1968 · Director
movieThe Departure
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieBarrier
1966 · Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
tvNET Playhouse
1966 · Writer
movieSposób bycia
1966 · Leopold
movieIdentification Marks: None
1965 · Andrzej Leszczyc, Art Direction, Director, Screenplay
movieWalkover
1965 · Andrzej Leszczyc, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Friend
1965 · Dialogue
movieNight Fare
1962 · Producer, Screenplay
The Nude
movieThe Nude
1962 · Director
movieKnife in the Water
1962 · Screenplay, Dialogue
Beautiful
movieBeautiful
1962 · Director
movieYour Money or Your Life
1961 · Director, Writer
Boxing
movieBoxing
1961 · Director, Screenplay
movieErotique
1961 · Director, Writer
movieInnocent Sorcerers
1960 · Boxer (uncredited), Screenplay
movieLittle Hamlet
1960 · Director
movieThe Menacing Eye
1960 · Director, Writer
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
Angel of Death
movieAngel of Death
— · Director, Producer